digiclock looks

[Sebastian Kügler]

On Friday, October 22, 2010 23:34:16 todd rme wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 5:26 PM, Sebastian Kügler <sebas at kde.org> wrote:
> > On Friday, October 22, 2010 22:35:16 Sebastian Kügler wrote:
> >> > Is there any way to make it so themes can specify whether it embossed,
> >> > sunken, or flush?  Some themes, like ASCII or ghost, would probably
> >> > look better without the effect.
> >> 
> >> Hm, yes probably.
> > 
> > And with "yes probably", I mean that some themes might look better
> > without it, but I'd rather have the default case done well and it look
> > slightly alien on flat themes, than having it too flat in the default
> > just so it looks good in ASCII -- optimize for the current case (in our
> > case, the default). I think the ASCII theme, and other very flat ones
> > are kind of corner cases.
> > 
> > Doesn't mean it should be overdone, or that we can just ignore those
> > themes, just that getting it better in the default theme is paramount.
> 
> I agree completely, that's why I suggested themes be able to specify
> whether they want it or not (and whether it is embossed or recessed).
> That way you can focus your attention on getting it working well for
> the default themes, and in the rare cases where it makes things worse
> the responsibility is on the theme developer to disable it.  For
> legacy themes I agree the default should be to have it.  Just looking
> through the themes I only see a handful that I think this might look
> worse on.

Interestingly, the way the human brain interprets it on or the other way. 
"Normal" people will see a dark backdrop as a shadow, while seeing a light 
backdrop as embossed. Schizophrenic people apparently do not make this 
translation. Shadows are a common equivalent in nature for this, they're dark. 
Text with light backdrop will appear embossed or recessed depending on how the 
shadows of surrounding objects look like -- it's seen in context.

Here's an interesting article on how the human brain interprets convex and 
concave shapes when viewed on 2d surfaces:
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/04/schizoillusion/
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sebas

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